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But you do realize that the version leaked here is a bugged version? The bug has been known for a long time and this version of Glowing Stones existed for maybe a day before a bugfix was released. If it was a day at all. Sure, MoonlightDevCorp released a game with a bug, but it happens to all devs. That's why bugfixes and v0.x.y exists. You can see it here all the time. It's not the devs fault and certainly not his problem the leaker here leaked a buggy version at F95. On Steam and on Patreon you can enjoy the game without bugs and without problems. Don't blame the Dev for playing a bugged version of a stolen AVN. It is not the dev's job to help those who steal from him.
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Please don't quote me in your hypocritical chastising bullshit. If you have a problem with what this website is about, go after the people that run this site, not its users, and certainly don't do that while proving you are an active member on said site with an account that has thousands of posts. If you have an issue with something, don't also support it. I'm not going to spend money on an unfinished VN because the rate of these VN's reaching completion is incredibly low, and that is my prerogative, not yours. I POSTED A GODDAMN BUG REPORT. Sometimes devs are here, sometimes they are not. I've played several hundred VNs and I can't possibly keep up with all of them. It doesn't matter anyway because I assumed it would be fixed in the next update that gets posted here, which I absolutely will play. If you'll notice, I made a single post in this thread and it was months ago. Do not rope me into whatever argument you have going on inside your head.
- Aug 8, 2021
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fair enough its bugged, and yes there are alot of bugged and buggy AVNs, doesnt change anything though.
several of you are getting very defensive over a review. especially when i didnt demand it to be fixed or slagged off the Dev.
I saw this game recommended, i found on this site, as its the only one i use. tried it and had problems. checked on this forum to see if any fixes etc... saw others with same issue, but no real responses.
so like any review.... i played until done, gave my assessment and posted.
im not a bug-tester, dont even know the ins and outs of the renpy engine to even possibly provide useful infomation to a Dev, all i can do is supply a review of my experience and views, to help others to decide to try this AVN.
and why the facepalm for 2/5 stars? (ah i now know what you are on about. the sites own definition, 2 is poor. sadly i dont follow those definitions, because of the reasons listed later in this post) yes i played it for free, that means it gets an auto 5/5 stars.... im not IGN or Gamespot.
as i said, the game is decent and worth a look. if i didnt have the issue thats stopped me, then it would be a 3/5 stars.
i have no idea how others do their reviews, but for me 2 is decent, 3 is good, 4 is excellent and 5 a must have and play. all AVNs i review as 5/5 i support on patreon or SS at mid-tier, depending on the game/Dev. 4 star i support at the lowest.
franky i have so many AVNs in the queue, that all i can do is play/finish, rate, add or not to my watchlist, review, support if meets my standards.... then move on.
I apologise if the Dev feels slighted or attacked, not my intention, i dont feel like what i said was the case. this game is on my watchlist, and i do comeback occasionally when time fits to various games, and wouldnt be the first time i have changed my reviews.
p.s. we all know what this site is, we are all here for the same thing, i know it, you guys know it, even the Dev know it. so painting me as a villain for stealing from them is a bit much. but fair enough i dont mind.
several of you are getting very defensive over a review. especially when i didnt demand it to be fixed or slagged off the Dev.
I saw this game recommended, i found on this site, as its the only one i use. tried it and had problems. checked on this forum to see if any fixes etc... saw others with same issue, but no real responses.
so like any review.... i played until done, gave my assessment and posted.
im not a bug-tester, dont even know the ins and outs of the renpy engine to even possibly provide useful infomation to a Dev, all i can do is supply a review of my experience and views, to help others to decide to try this AVN.
and why the facepalm for 2/5 stars? (ah i now know what you are on about. the sites own definition, 2 is poor. sadly i dont follow those definitions, because of the reasons listed later in this post) yes i played it for free, that means it gets an auto 5/5 stars.... im not IGN or Gamespot.
as i said, the game is decent and worth a look. if i didnt have the issue thats stopped me, then it would be a 3/5 stars.
i have no idea how others do their reviews, but for me 2 is decent, 3 is good, 4 is excellent and 5 a must have and play. all AVNs i review as 5/5 i support on patreon or SS at mid-tier, depending on the game/Dev. 4 star i support at the lowest.
franky i have so many AVNs in the queue, that all i can do is play/finish, rate, add or not to my watchlist, review, support if meets my standards.... then move on.
I apologise if the Dev feels slighted or attacked, not my intention, i dont feel like what i said was the case. this game is on my watchlist, and i do comeback occasionally when time fits to various games, and wouldnt be the first time i have changed my reviews.
p.s. we all know what this site is, we are all here for the same thing, i know it, you guys know it, even the Dev know it. so painting me as a villain for stealing from them is a bit much. but fair enough i dont mind.
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- Apr 26, 2020
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Because you're basing your review on a bugged version that was released by someone other than the Dev and you don't see a problem with doing so?
- May 23, 2020
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Yes, that may have been a misunderstanding between us. On F95 it's
1* terrible
2* poor
3* average
4* good
5* excellent
Since I always try to use the scoring system as defined by each site, I thought it very strange you'd rate it "poor" when saying it's "decent", which sounds more like a 3* rating to me.
I'm not one who casually hands out 5* reviews either, but a game has to really bad for me to give it a 1* or 2* rating. Did quite a few ratings, but only three 1* or 2*s since 2020.
Same. When the game changes, my review gets an edit to reflect it.
So long!
- Jun 14, 2020
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It is not the review that is the problem here. It is the basis on which you have argued and reached your conclusion. You literally said:
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- Aug 8, 2021
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No i don't have problem with that, why do you? i came here, downloaded this version, added to queue, then played. checked back here to see if updated since i downloaded or fixes. saw none. leave review, move on.
what am i suppose to do in this instance? i understand your fan of this one. thats fair enough. where not all the same.
i literally have over 30 AVNs downloaded and ready to go, by this time tomorrow that may or may not increase even further. more than half will be trash or unplayable or just horrible fap-fest cash cow AVNs. i support now over 2 dozen different VNs and some that have migrated over to steam, i have even bought again.
the point is, i dont have time to mess about finding a none-buggy version or whatever copy out there. i can only work with what is here and available. if F95 didnt exist i would never even come across this. and i am certainly not going to do monthly-subscription to a AVN that i havent first tested. been burned too many times, too many bad Devs out there, milking the patrons and missing all deadlines, that they even set themselves, or just vanishing. That last one aimed at AoA. burned hard on that one.
And as already stated in my review, ill be back. dunno when as i have alot on the docket. things may change, there might be a none-buggy version, i dunno. i can only work with whats here. if it really bugs you that much. complain to the one who has this bugged-one here.
right im out. spent too much time here, too much to do. i have explained my position, you dont like it, thats fine. wokeness hasnt taken over everything yet. its okay to have different opinions, to think differently, to act differently.
i honestly never thought of that. i think i might have to make a condensed brief legend in each of my reviews to reflect this.Yes, that may have been a misunderstanding between us. On F95 it's
1* terrible
2* poor
3* average
4* good
5* excellent
Since I always try to use the scoring system as defined by each site, I thought it very strange you'd rate it "poor" when saying it's "decent", which sounds more like a 3* rating to me.
I'm not one who casually hands out 5* reviews either, but a game has to really bad for me to give it a 1* or 2* rating. Did quite a few ratings, but only three 1* or 2*s since 2020.
Same. When the game changes, my review gets an edit to reflect it.
So long!
i made a choice very early on to do it this way, as i was lucky, the first 2 AVNs i was introduced too, were amazing and 5/5.. but afterwards i quickly came across that were just terrible or unplayable, or some that would rate as 5/5 but had to many bugs or things i didnt like to get that 5/5. as at the beginning i told myself i would only give support to the 5/5 ones, and was easy to stick with when the others were soooo bad. but then some came along that were not 5/5 but still incredible, with flaws, but wanted to help even just alittle, towards the dev.
that then evolved into what my rating system is now, and honestly its never crossed my mind about F95 star rating, i dont really see it, i just click the star and begin typing in that very small pop-up box.
dont suppose theres a button or way im missing, that makes the review pop-up full screen?
- Aug 8, 2021
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okay i understand that, and i really do empathise, but again. what can i do. if read my previous post i have gone into there, and possibly the confusion on my rating system that was pointed out. but unfortunately i cant change my system and the way do that.
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I understand your reasoning and I think you are right.
But I'm going to play devil's advocate here.
Even if the game is on Steam, Gog or wherever it's fixed, I understand that one has to review the version that is uploaded here, because that's the one we have access to, and this version is bugged. Until it's fixed, I think he has every right to say so in the review because it can ruin the whole game for you.
- Jun 14, 2020
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Look, I'm not your enemy. I'd be the last person to grumble if you'd given a rating based on the content. If you give two stars because, for example, you don't like the graphics, the animations are bad, the story is too lazy, the characters are too one-dimensional, etc. pp., then it's not a good rating for the dev, but it would be a good rating in terms of the system here. The dev would have to live with it and it would be his problem alone. After all, nobody can take your opinion away from you. But it's not fair to give a bad rating based on something the dev can't change. Do you understand what I'm getting at? A leaker messed up, but the dev have to take the hits for it. Not fair.
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so its the rating. i cant change that sorry, i explained my way of doing it previously. the only thing i can do, is edit and add brief legend of my way of doing the rating. especially as on my end, money is involved based on its raitng.
to me with these AVNs, its the story, the immersion, the FEELs. i honestly couldnt care less if the game is hyper-realistic running unreal5 level graphics and animation, it could have no animations, grainy renders or even no lewd scenes. doesnt matter to me. its all about the story. i may be in the majority, or even minority. but i aint here for the lewd scenes and fap-fests. im here for decent adult stories to immerse myself, if the adult-lewd stuff is in, great, as long as it adds to the story and not because of it.
- Jun 14, 2020
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I may not have understood you correctly. I'm not a native speaker. But what I think I've understood is stupid. Sorry.
But hey, you're you. Do your thing. I've outlined why I don't think your approach is okay, and strictly speaking, it's also a violation of the rules for ratings. But who am I to judge?
- Aug 8, 2021
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well you apparently.
well that's your opinion, and you can have an opinion.
first trying to make me the bad guy on a pirate site, now trying to make me a rule breaker.
it isnt by the way. i feel its worth a 2 in its current state.... you know, my opinion. i could give it a 1/5 and still valid, as thats my current opinion. but dismissing my opinion to cater to your opinion that it should be higher. well, in my opinion i dont care about your opinion, and thats okay. isn't it? who am i to judge eh?
all i can say is, i wont be back for this one. you have well and truly poisoned the well for this.
oh well. no skin off my nose, too many others to try.
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Hello everyone!
Here are the latest updates from the front!
The new GUI is 95% coded, I just have a bit of polishing left to do. My designer has done a magnificent job, both visually and in terms of slicing the graphic objects I had to integrate. I'll present it to you in a future update because he really has been awesome!
Music: 80% of the game's original soundtrack is now exclusive and made specifically for the game, with the remaining 20% being music for which I have the licenses but which wasn't made especially for the game. It is planned to replace these as well soon, but I need to think about what style I want for these remaining 20%.
Script: Chapter 4 is completely written in terms of dialogues and images, I just have a bit of polishing to do here too, especially adding the ancillary elements: the walkthrough, clues, that sort of thing.
Images: As of posting this message, I have 40 renders to set up and create, and 3 special effects to make. Basically, about two days of work.
What's next: I think I'll have finished all this next week, then I'll do the tests, full playthroughs, some improvements for a week, check the French translation, etc... I plan to give the game to my supporters the week of the 5th, and then a Steam release the following week.
A little bonus: I've ordered a Chinese translation for the game, but it's not imminent, so I'm not going to wait for it to release the game, it will come later, oh well
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... and even that definition must be really old, from back when DMD and MOTH was the shit.
Nowadays there is so much to chose from that even if I've played several hundred games from this site I seldom play anything under a 4.0 score and I never play anything with less than 3.5.
I really like this one but all the LI faces look off, i would rate all of them as ugly, only the roommate is mid and i dont really get why.
And somehow the male models all are looking decent, its like the opposite of the usual avn
by the way 8 € for the new chapter is really fair pricing.
And somehow the male models all are looking decent, its like the opposite of the usual avn
by the way 8 € for the new chapter is really fair pricing.
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Eye of the beholder man, eye of the beholder.........
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